Vignette : This Chapter is without a vignette in the Theban Recension ;
in the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius, op . cit ., Dl . 22) the deceased is seated on
a chair with a table of offerings before him, and his left hand, with a bowl
therein, is stretched out over it .
Text : ( I) THE CHAPTER OF NOT EATING FILTH AND OF NOT
DRINKING FOUL WATER IN THE UNDERWORLD . The overseer of
the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :-
"I am the Bull with two horns, and [I] lead (2) along the
"heavens . [I am] the lord of the risings of the heavens, the
"Great Illuminer who cometh forth out of flame, the bestower
"of years, the far extending One, the double Lion-god, and
"there hath been given to me (3) the journey of the god of
"splendour (Khu).I That which is an abomination unto me, that
"which is an abomination unto me, let me not eat . [Let me not
"cat] filth, and let me not drink foul water, and let me not be
"tripped up and fall [in the underworld] . (4) I am the lord of
"cakes in Annu, and my bread is in heaven with Ra, and my
"cakes are on the earth with the god Seb, for the Sektet boat
"and the Alet boat have (5) brought them to me from the house
"of the great god who is in Annu . I have put away from me
"my associates, and I have united myself to the boat of heaven .
"I eat of what they (i . e ., the gods, or the divine boatmen) eat
"there ; I live upon what (6) they live upon there ; and I cat
"of the cakes which are in the hall of the lord of sepulchral
"offerings, I the overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief,
"Nu, triumphant ."
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LII . THE CHAPTER OF NOT EATING FILTH IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the Papyrus of
Nu.
in the Turin Papyrus (Lepsius, op . cit ., Dl . 22) the deceased is seated on
a chair with a table of offerings before him, and his left hand, with a bowl
therein, is stretched out over it .
Text : ( I) THE CHAPTER OF NOT EATING FILTH AND OF NOT
DRINKING FOUL WATER IN THE UNDERWORLD . The overseer of
the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :-
"I am the Bull with two horns, and [I] lead (2) along the
"heavens . [I am] the lord of the risings of the heavens, the
"Great Illuminer who cometh forth out of flame, the bestower
"of years, the far extending One, the double Lion-god, and
"there hath been given to me (3) the journey of the god of
"splendour (Khu).I That which is an abomination unto me, that
"which is an abomination unto me, let me not eat . [Let me not
"cat] filth, and let me not drink foul water, and let me not be
"tripped up and fall [in the underworld] . (4) I am the lord of
"cakes in Annu, and my bread is in heaven with Ra, and my
"cakes are on the earth with the god Seb, for the Sektet boat
"and the Alet boat have (5) brought them to me from the house
"of the great god who is in Annu . I have put away from me
"my associates, and I have united myself to the boat of heaven .
"I eat of what they (i . e ., the gods, or the divine boatmen) eat
"there ; I live upon what (6) they live upon there ; and I cat
"of the cakes which are in the hall of the lord of sepulchral
"offerings, I the overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief,
"Nu, triumphant ."
The Source: The Book oDead,
the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
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. LI . THE CHAPTER OF NOT MARCHING TO BE OVERTHROWN IN THE UNDERWORLD . From the
Papyrus of Nu.